IWM Options History — July 2013

In July 2013, IWM traded between $98.40 and $104.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 9.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $95.50 to $105.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.33.

Notable Days

  • 2013-07-09: Highest Volume — 848,874 contracts
  • 2013-07-05: Largest IV drop — 11.2% change
  • 2013-07-03: Highest IV Rank — 14.6%
  • 2013-07-03: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$102.45$98.40$104.66$98.48$103.87
Max Pain$101.02$95.50$105.00$95.50$103.00
ATM IV16.0%14.6%18.1%17.3%16.3%
Expected Move4.6%4.2%5.2%5.0%4.7%
HV 20d14.0%8.4%19.3%19.3%8.9%
HV 60d16.3%13.7%19.4%19.4%13.7%
IV Rank9.4%5.9%14.6%12.6%10.0%
IV Percentile30.6%11.5%62.7%48.0%36.5%
Term Structure0.7%0.1%1.6%0.6%0.5%
VWIV17.3%15.3%18.9%17.3%17.7%
Skew 25d4.3%3.8%5.7%4.7%4.3%
Skew 10d8.4%7.1%10.4%8.7%9.0%
Call IV 25d14.3%12.8%15.7%15.7%14.6%
Put IV 25d18.6%16.9%21.3%20.4%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.852.739.905.868.63
Gamma HHI0.070.050.090.070.08
Net GEX-226.8M-609.2M76.4M-609.2M-483.6M
Net DEX-2.66B-6.45B1.77B531.3M-1.47B
Net VEX-51.4M-60.7M-43.6M-46.1M-60.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.331.214.361.492.06
Total Volume489,024.955232,921848,874487,935436,523
Total OI5,270,149.5914,523,1446,065,7984,523,1445,778,697

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-07-01$98.48$95.5017.3%5.0%19.3%12.6%17.3%4.7%0.6%-609.2M531.3M-46.1M1.495.86196,126291,8091,187,4263,335,718
2013-07-02$98.65$95.5017.3%5.0%18.9%12.6%18.2%4.6%0.1%-570.0M836.1M-46.0M2.554.11144,393368,6021,206,4013,396,500
2013-07-03$98.40$97.0018.1%5.2%18.3%14.6%18.9%5.7%0.7%-530.5M1.77B-50.1M2.038.8276,875156,0461,251,7453,528,553
2013-07-05$99.79$97.0016.1%4.6%18.6%9.5%18.7%4.9%0.7%-255.3M-1.01B-46.0M1.866.42144,513268,4161,279,7443,587,459
2013-07-08$100.11$97.0016.9%4.8%18.6%11.5%16.4%4.9%0.3%-269.3M-989.8M-45.6M3.376.59110,511372,8961,239,4403,476,589
2013-07-09$101.02$98.0016.4%4.7%18.7%10.4%16.9%4.4%0.5%-79.0M-2.46B-43.6M4.367.17158,484690,3901,273,2913,554,917
2013-07-10$101.28$98.0016.7%4.8%18.1%11.1%17.4%4.1%0.8%-222.0M-1.98B-45.5M1.766.86295,300519,8891,322,1913,762,516
2013-07-11$102.12$0.0016.4%4.7%17.5%10.2%17.0%4.1%0.1%-37.4M-3.81B-48.3M2.047.64201,680411,1611,488,1183,928,217
2013-07-12$102.65$99.0015.7%4.5%16.4%8.6%16.4%3.8%0.1%-5.7M-3.97B-49.6M2.079.90133,382275,8061,558,2014,063,352
2013-07-15$103.63$101.0015.9%4.6%16.0%9.2%17.3%3.8%1.3%48.0M-5.15B-47.3M1.314.21264,499347,3531,537,7443,933,704
2013-07-16$103.18$102.0016.4%4.7%16.0%10.4%17.5%4.0%1.2%15.0M-4.59B-52.3M2.792.73140,153391,3931,726,7124,030,560
2013-07-17$103.53$102.0015.4%4.4%15.8%7.8%17.2%4.0%1.6%40.2M-5.08B-52.8M2.685.4590,494242,2141,785,1624,158,836
2013-07-18$104.04$102.0015.6%4.5%14.5%8.2%16.7%3.9%0.7%62.6M-5.75B-52.0M1.847.24181,503333,4061,786,0124,059,795
2013-07-19$104.39$103.0014.6%4.2%9.8%6.0%15.5%4.0%0.5%76.4M-6.45B-52.2M1.214.47251,510303,1251,855,0064,210,792
2013-07-22$104.66$105.0014.6%4.3%9.8%5.9%15.9%3.8%0.8%-77.8M-4.24B-51.8M1.756.21151,171263,8381,576,4503,232,533
2013-07-23$104.52$105.0014.9%4.3%8.4%6.6%18.7%4.1%0.7%-126.8M-3.93B-54.3M2.649.23101,164267,5161,647,2013,316,748
2013-07-24$103.82$105.0015.4%4.4%9.2%7.8%18.9%4.2%1.1%-325.4M-2.22B-56.4M3.948.3199,884393,8511,693,4713,448,923
2013-07-25$104.52$105.0014.9%4.2%9.2%6.6%15.3%4.0%0.6%-315.3M-3.44B-56.1M2.229.89151,736337,1791,725,0563,614,902
2013-07-26$104.08$105.0015.0%4.2%8.5%6.9%17.2%3.9%0.6%-480.6M-2.64B-57.0M1.817.23145,653263,6041,768,7713,696,506
2013-07-29$103.40$103.5016.1%4.7%9.1%9.6%16.9%4.5%0.8%-423.4M-851.8M-58.1M2.026.07113,832230,1341,729,9593,650,907
2013-07-30$103.73$103.0016.4%4.7%8.9%10.4%18.3%4.6%0.2%-421.2M-1.53B-58.6M3.437.6599,507341,0281,786,7803,751,686
2013-07-31$103.87$103.0016.3%4.7%8.9%10.0%17.7%4.3%0.5%-483.6M-1.47B-60.7M2.068.63142,639293,8841,830,8643,947,833